France Weathers Petrol Shortage

Western France hit by petrol shortage due to ongoing refinery strikes. Video courtesy of Reuters.

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the ... French striker supine be difficult to fuel up the states in the wake of ongoing refinery strikes ... petrol stations in western France ... with shortages and help them owns ... these long lines of motorists on Saturday ... if you don't have had much luck ... BP so steamed up with is no fuel anywhere no diesel sort driving around to find soft ... diesel is even harder to find for residents of Grand ... poll of one of the biggest refineries currently shut down ... the government is intended to help by opening its Strategic Petroleum Reserve ... however French media report only one hundred petrol stations would receive fuel shipments ... potential shortage is just one of the fires the government is trying to put out ... on Saturday ... millions took to the streets across the country to protest the new retiree needs ... we produces couple more humane you hope to turn out to be at least as at the same level as of October second in many regions it's even bigger than on October second ... so there will be a strong mobilization ... in my view is that it will be even higher next Tuesday ... it augurs for a very strong turnout on October nineteen Sogo them ... and ease of control ... this is the fifth mass protest days organized in response to President Nicholas Up Kuhn sees proposed austerity measures ... just ten praying Reuters ...